Silversun Pickups perform and acoustic version of "It Doesn't Matter Why' backstage @ the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR. Strident acoustic strumming tussles with raging electric riffs, as urgent, precise beats and moody electronic pulses percolate underneath. “I feel Brian’s lyrics have gotten more direct over the last couple of records. We’re going to take it as far as we can.”For Aubert, moving forward involves staying connected to his own self (and remembering to prioritize self-care) and being attuned to creative impulses when they arise. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye I've been waiting I've been waiting for this moment all my life But it's not quite right And this 'real' It's impossible if possible At who's blind word So clear but so unheard I've been waiting I've been waiting for this silence all night long It's just a matter of time To appear sad With the same 'ol decent lazy eye Widow’s Weeds strikes a perfect balance between provocative noise and distortion, and lush, introspective pop tranquility.The band members also decided not to go overboard layering on instruments and sounds, which contributed to the album’s clearer approach. “I don’t know many bands that have lasted that long,” she says. “We made a conscious effort to rein in the electronic stuff a little bit, and have more pianos and organs,” Lester says. During that gap in time, Lester’s father passed away.
© 2020 Marathon Music Works He’s much more open and less coy about what he’s singing about. “It’s change. “But we started as friends first, and we care about each other—you know, this is our second family. But that goes into my whole headspace.
“Simpatico” is “the closest we’ll get to a James Bond song,” says Aubert, who immersed himself in movie scores as the album was coalescing. “We were exposed. Just do it. That led me to start drinking in a different way, that I never did before.”As a result, Aubert—who was already feeling “emotionally closed off,” as he puts it—fell into a deep depression. No re-entry. Photo by Claire Marie Vogel. Your entire party will enjoy the tickets while watching this great event seeing Silversun Pickups. Things are really changing, and I’m starting to emotionally connect to things, and starting to take care of myself. Silversun Pickups will release their fifth studio album, Widow’s Weeds, on June 7. All tickets will be refunded at point of purchase (credit/debit card purchases will be automatically refunded - no action is required). If Butch is interested in doing this at all, let’s just call him. “There’s still synthy stuff on there for sure. The timing didn’t feel right until now, Aubert says. It was wild. It’s actually healthy to do so, and take the time to do it. We never used to before.
“I didn’t know how to get out of it,” Aubert says. It was like, ‘Hey man, you were so unaware of the things you needed, and so closed off. All of these things affect you. Stop hiding. “This was the first album where we were open,” Aubert says. Sit back and enjoy the tickets to the show from TicketSmarter when you see Silversun Pickups with all their other fans at the event. And then as they were coming out, it was like, ‘No, they sound like they’re kind of mourning.’ I couldn’t quite put them all together.”To make sense of these ideas, Silversun Pickups enlisted a long-time friend: producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth). He focused so much on the album and put so much of his heart into it—as we all did, but especially coming out of all that, he needed something to really focus on.” Lester also saw big, positive differences in his bandmate. But we have strings again, which we hadn’t done for a couple of records. “Then it was like, now we’re back into the record, and writing again. “The record does have a mourning vibe, but it’s not sad,” he says. And it’s okay to be sad about those things, and mourn them. It’s growing up, and moving on and letting go of things. We played stuff for people. We didn’t want it to end.”Despite the halcyon studio time, the band members were wrestling with challenges in their personal lives. “This album feels the most naked out of all of them,” Aubert says. I see how that can be scary to people, but for us we really thrived on that.”Widow’s Weeds ends up being about rebirth and renewal, facing darker elements of the soul (or society) head-on, and choosing to either engage—or leave them behind. Silversun Pickups have always considered their sonic density a source of pride: The Los Angeles band’s four studio full-lengths—including their 2006 gold-selling debut, Carnavas, which spawned the hits “Lazy Eye” and “Well Thought Out Twinkles”—reveal additional sonic gifts with each subsequent spin.Their fifth album, Widow’s Weeds, also caters to an adventurous, patient group of listeners. “I was like, ‘Are they going to be angry, with these crazy times?’ Everything seems so polarized and bizarre and scary. The band admitted that everything in between, including how the rest of Widow’s Weeds was sequenced and how the album unfolded, often surprised the band.“We didn’t know exactly which emotional level the lyrics were going to start at,” Aubert says. According to a press release, the record was created in the midst of vocalist-guitarist Brian Aubert fighting off a “deep depression” and finding sobriety.“The record does have a mourning vibe, but it’s not sad,” he says. “It’s change. '”Vig and mixer Billy Bush helped Silversun Pickups craft a confident, extroverted album in which every instrument is clearly audible in the mix. He’s such an easygoing person, and he put everybody at ease.” That camaraderie translated into a studio environment that involved intense and serious hard work unfolding in a jovial, even lighthearted, manner.
Mar 7, 2020 ... Korn [CANCELED] Dos Equis Pavilion . “It was very collaborative with him. Incredibly enough, this was the first time the band had worked with Vig, even though the idea of collaborating had been floated for years. And something is a little different about the band since 2015’s Better Nature . “That’s all Butch. “Doing this in front of people is so much more enlightening, and really helps you focus on things,” Aubert says.